Wolfram Herold from Külsheim near Würzburg is Germany's most animal-friendly deliverer. That is the result of a reader campaign by the magazine 'TierBILD' and Deutsche Post. The jury was spoilt for choice. After 'TierBILD' had asked its readers for suggestions in June, many readers reported examples of real friendship between their mostly four-legged friends and Deutsche Post deliverers.

Wolfram Herold was chosen: during his free time he looked after a married couple's ill female golden retriever until the animal was completely healthy again. The readers not only praised his special love of animals but also his general friendliness and helpfulness. The person who replied, the dog and the deliverer can now each look forward to a nice wellness weekend. The best reader stories of contacts between deliverers and animals can be read in the new 'TierBILD' to be published tomorrow.